The 1995–96 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the
University of Connecticut in the 1995–96 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 30–2 overall record. The Huskies were members of the
Big East Conference where they finished with a 17–1 record and were the Regular Season Champions and the
1996 Big East men's basketball tournament champions. They made it to the Sweet Sixteen in the
1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 1996, and ended with the championsh ...
, where they had two wins that were later vacated by the NCAA. The Huskies played their home games at
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion is a 10,167-seat multi-purpose arena in Storrs, Connecticut, United States, on the campus of the University of Connecticut (UConn). The arena opened on January 21, 1990, and is the largest on-campus arena in New England. ...
in
Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the New England town, town of Mansfield, Connecticut, Mansfield in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 15,344 at the 2010 Unite ...
and the
Hartford Civic Center
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by tenth-year head coach Jim Calhoun.
Schedule
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Big East tournament
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Rankings
References
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